Starting the installation agent manually

You can start the agent on a remote server manually.

About this task

When you specify the deployment properties for a remote server, you are asked to provide the user name and password of an administrator account on the remote server. The installation server uses these credentials to start and stop the agent software on the remote server. If you do not specify login credentials in the deployment properties and you install the agent software manually, you need to start and stop the agent manually. You cannot use the installation app to start or stop the agent.

You might also choose to start and stop agents manually if you prefer to use the command line.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the remote server as the user who installed the agent software.

    Alternatively, you can log in as any user who has full permissions on the agent directories and who can run Node.js.

  2. Start the installation agent.
    Windows
    Do one of the following steps:
    • Start the ibmopenpageswithwatsoninstaller<version>.exe service.
    • Go to the <agent_home>\install\Windows directory. Right-click the startup.bat file and click Run As Administrator.
    Linux®
    1. Open a shell and go to the <agent_home>/install/Linux directory.
    2. Run the following command: 
      ./startup.sh

Results

The installation agent is running.